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by abustamam 286 days ago
Sorry, upon re-reading my comment, I communicated my thought incorrectly.

My intention was to point out that the not-mass shooting overshadowed the mass shooting in the news. Obviously both are bad, but 3 people dying in a single shooting incident is worse than 1 person dying in a single shooting incident, yet the 1 person dying is the one that gets the news coverage.
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account42 286 days ago
People aren't equal in the eyes of the public media. News at eleven.
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abustamam 286 days ago
I think that points out something even more horrifying about the American news cycle. A social media influencer being killed vs high school students being killed. Perhaps that's a bit reductive but I feel like the HS shooting ought to be a LOT more shocking, if it weren't a headline that we sadly have become somewhat blind to.
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